Spinning-machine



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SPINNINGr MACHINE.

No. 334,880. Patented Jan. 26, 1886.

Ilnrrrnn dra-'ras PATENT OFFICE.

ROBINSON WALMSLEY, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPINNlNOx-IVIACl--IINEn y SPECIFICATION forming part of Lette-rs Patent No.. 334,830, dated January 26,. 1886.

Application filed October 7, 1885. Serial No. 179,218.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RoBINsoN WALMsLnY, of Fall River, county of Bristol, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Spinning-Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specication, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention relates to that class of spinning-machines in which the guide-wires are vsecured to guide-blocks hinged to a guideboard, which ordinarily is stationary, but

which, in only one instance, as far as I know, has been arranged to be tilted, so as to throw up or down all of the guide-wires simulta neously. My invention consists, essentially, in the combination, with the roller-beam, the guideboard hinged thereto, the wire-boards and guide-eyes thereon, and an operating-handle, of locking devices, substantially as described, to hold the guide-board and its attached parts in elevated position while doffing the bobbin. Figurel is a vertical section in the line m m, Fig. 2, of part of a spinning-machine einbodying my invention; and Fig. 2, a partial front elevation of part of Fig. l, the guideboard being shown as turned up in position to doff the bobbins, and one of the bobbins removed and part of the ring-rail broken. away.

The frame-side A, roller-beam B, to connect opposite sides of the frame, the rollerstands O, the rolls a b c, the spindles d, the bobbins e, the slep-railf, bolster-railf, ringra-il g, rings h, traveler z', guide-eyes m, and wire-boards n, are and may be of usual construction.

The wire-boards n, preferably one for each spindle, are connected to the guide-board o by hinges n, all as usual; but the `guide-board, instead of being fixed to the roller-beam, as usual, is hinged thereto by hinges o', so that (No model.)

when the bobbins are to be doffed the guide board and attached wire-boards are all turned up at one operation of the operator, who seizes the handle o2, extended from the said guideboard. The guide-board has pivoted upon or connected to it the latch p, provided, as Vherein shown, with a notch, p. This latch cooperates with a leg, p2, attached, as herein shown, to the front part of the roller-bean1 B.

When the guide-board is turned up in the position shown by dotted lines, Fig. l, and full lines, Fig. 2, the notched part of the latch engages the horizontal part 3 of the leg, the latch and leg constituting an automaticallyoperating locking device, by which to retain the guide-board and its attached parts elevated for dofng the bobbins.

The guideboard and all the wire-boards and guide-wires may be simultaneously lowered into operative position by simply disengaging the latch from the leg.

I claim- 1. The roller-beam of a spinning-machine, the guidevboard hinged to it, the series of wireboards and their attached guide-wires, and a lifting-handle for said boards, combined with a notched latch pivoted to the guide-board, and a keeper or leg for said latch, substantially as described.

2. The roller-beam of a spinning-machine, the guide-board o, hinged to it, the series ot' guide-wire blocks or boards n,`hinged to said board, the operatinghandle 02, and the locking device p p2, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBINSON XVALMSLEY.

Witnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, F. CUTTER. 

